GeForce 405M vs 710M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1052not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.72no data
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGK208GT218
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date24 July 2013 (11 years ago)5 January 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores19216
Core clock speed719 MHz606 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHzno data
Number of transistors915 million260 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt14 Watt
Texture fill rate11.504.848
Floating-point processing power0.2761 TFLOPS0.03878 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data73
ROPs84
TMUs168

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0PCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GBUp to 512 MB
Standard memory configurationDDR3no data
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHzUp to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s25.6 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsDisplayPort, HDMI, VGA, Dual Link DVI, Single Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 2560x1600no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 2560x1600no data
HDMI++
HDCP content protection+-
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu-Ray 3D Support+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
Power managementno data8.0

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 API12 API
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.54.5
OpenCL1.11.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA++

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 July 2013 5 January 2011
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 14 Watt

GeForce 710M has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

GeForce 405M, on the other hand, has 7.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 710M and GeForce 405M. We've got no test results to judge.


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